HYDERABAD: With most of the engineering graduates in the city taking up BPO jobs due to lack of skills, participants at a national employability conclave here on Tuesday stressed the need to revamp the curriculum in engineering colleges to improve the skills of students.
"Both the recruiting professionals from the industry and placement officers of colleges were very worried about the low employability levels of engineering graduates in Hyderabad," said Varun Agarwal, chief operation officer of Aspiring Minds, which conducted the conclave. "While college officials complained that campus placement drives resulted in lesser job offers, company representatives say that talent was scarce among the freshers today," he said.
According to the National Employability Report 2011-12 of the employability measurement firm, the employability level of city students from the many engineering colleges stood at 40.64% for BPO sector, while for IT product and Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) the figures were only 1.70% and 8.28% respectively.
These were considerably lower than those of the national capital where it was 54.78% for BPO, 10.91% for IT product and 27.59% for KPO. "The figures are true as more than 50% of engineering graduates in the city end up in BPO jobs, be it voice based or technical where there is not much scope for growth," said Maruthi Prasad, managing director at Eagle 9 Consultants, a placement agency in the city.
"It reflects on the graduates who are fresh out of college looking for placements as their skill sets are not up to the mark. This is why companies spend millions on training programs for three to six months to ensure that the candidate is ready for the industry," he added.
Speakers at the conclave demanded intervention from the first year itself instead of the last-minute attempt during the final year to improve basic skills like communication, adaptability and attitude. The event had officials from more than 100 colleges including top names like CBIT and recruiters from reputed institutions such as HCL Technologies, Accenture India Limited, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Deloitte, IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects Limited and CA Technologies among others.
Participants unanimously agreed on the need to increase the role of the placement officer in colleges from a mere mediator to a counsellor and training officer.
Echoing these thoughts, V S Rao, director of BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus, said, "More emphasis should be laid on hands-on training, involvement in live projects and project-based learning. Bookish knowledge just to ensure high scores in written tests will only result in BPO level competence."
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"Both the recruiting professionals from the industry and placement officers of colleges were very worried about the low employability levels of engineering graduates in Hyderabad," said Varun Agarwal, chief operation officer of Aspiring Minds, which conducted the conclave. "While college officials complained that campus placement drives resulted in lesser job offers, company representatives say that talent was scarce among the freshers today," he said.
According to the National Employability Report 2011-12 of the employability measurement firm, the employability level of city students from the many engineering colleges stood at 40.64% for BPO sector, while for IT product and Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) the figures were only 1.70% and 8.28% respectively.
These were considerably lower than those of the national capital where it was 54.78% for BPO, 10.91% for IT product and 27.59% for KPO. "The figures are true as more than 50% of engineering graduates in the city end up in BPO jobs, be it voice based or technical where there is not much scope for growth," said Maruthi Prasad, managing director at Eagle 9 Consultants, a placement agency in the city.
"It reflects on the graduates who are fresh out of college looking for placements as their skill sets are not up to the mark. This is why companies spend millions on training programs for three to six months to ensure that the candidate is ready for the industry," he added.
Speakers at the conclave demanded intervention from the first year itself instead of the last-minute attempt during the final year to improve basic skills like communication, adaptability and attitude. The event had officials from more than 100 colleges including top names like CBIT and recruiters from reputed institutions such as HCL Technologies, Accenture India Limited, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Deloitte, IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects Limited and CA Technologies among others.
Participants unanimously agreed on the need to increase the role of the placement officer in colleges from a mere mediator to a counsellor and training officer.
Echoing these thoughts, V S Rao, director of BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus, said, "More emphasis should be laid on hands-on training, involvement in live projects and project-based learning. Bookish knowledge just to ensure high scores in written tests will only result in BPO level competence."
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-12/hyderabad/35773380_1_bpo-jobs-national-employability-report-aspiring-minds
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